Menschenliebe

[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə]

/[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə]/ noun

The verdict

“Menschenliebe” is uncommon German (frequency #93,284 among 3,571 “M” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#93,284
frequency rank, German
3,571
“M” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - positive emotionale Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen

Corpus desk

Index DE-menschenliebe · Menschenliebe · German

Menschenliebe · rank #93,284 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #93,284
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,571
  • PHOTO-FINISH menschenleere

Nearest frequency peer: menschenleere (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Menschenliebe“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Menschenliebe“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Menschenliebe
PropertyValue
HeadwordMenschenliebe
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə]
Letters13
Frequency rank#93,284
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Menschenliebe“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Menschenliebefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „menschenleere“ (#93,283), „Mentalist“ (#93,285), „Menschenjagd“ (#93,282). Unter 3,571 „M“-Lemmata liegt „Menschenliebe“ bei #93,284. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Menschenliebe is uncommon German at frequency #93,284 among 3,571 “M” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "positive emotionale Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen".

No misspelling variants are generated for Menschenliebe in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Menschenliebe, spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-L-I-E-B-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    positive emotionale Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Menschenliebe appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Große Menschenliebe war immer sein innerer Antrieb.

Synonyms

Antonyms

MenschenhassMenschenverachtungMissanthropieUnmenschlichkeit

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Menschenliebe"?
"Menschenliebe" is spelled M-E-N-S-C-H-E-N-L-I-E-B-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə].
What does "Menschenliebe" mean?
As a noun, "Menschenliebe" means: positive emotionale Einstellung gegenüber anderen Menschen
How do you pronounce "Menschenliebe"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Menschenliebe" is [ˈmɛnʃn̩ˌliːbə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Menschenliebe" come from?
"Menschenliebe" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Menschenliebe", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list